Sedation and Anesthesia for the Adolescent Dental Patient

Matthew Cooke; Thomas Tanbonliong

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2021.07.004

Sedation and Anesthesia for the Adolescent Dental Patient

Dent Clin North Am. 2021 Oct;65(4):753-773. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2021.07.004.

Authors

Matthew Cooke¹, Thomas Tanbonliong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dental Anesthesiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: mrc99@pitt.edu.
² Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California San Francisco, School of Dentistry, Box 0753, 707 Parnassus Avenue, D-1021, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

PMID: 34503665
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2021.07.004

Abstract

This article focuses on sedation/anesthesia of adolescent patients in the dental setting. Preoperative evaluation, treatment planning, monitoring, and management are critical components to successful sedation. The authors discuss commonly administered agents and techniques to adolescents, including nitrous oxide/oxygen analgesia. The levels and spectrum of sedation and anesthesia are reviewed. Common comorbidities are also presented as they relate to sedation of the adolescent dental patient.

Keywords: Adolescent dental patient; Anesthesia; Anxiolysis; Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Obesity; Prescribing considerations; Rescue; Sedation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anesthesia, Dental*
Conscious Sedation*
Humans
Nitrous Oxide / adverse effects
Pain Management

Substances

Nitrous Oxide